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== Software Guides == | == Software Guides == | ||
At a minimum, everyone needs to have a grasp of how to use MACH3. The user manual can be downloaded at http://www.machsupport.com/documentation.php | At a minimum, everyone needs to have a grasp of how to use [[MACH3]]. The user manual can be downloaded at http://www.machsupport.com/documentation.php | ||
There are two CAM programs we will be providing. HSMXpress is a SolidWorks plugin for doing g-code generation from within solidworks directly on a part. The express version only comes with the documentation that is in its help file, accessed in the plugin itself. | There are two CAM programs we will be providing. HSMXpress is a SolidWorks plugin for doing g-code generation from within solidworks directly on a part. The express version only comes with the documentation that is in its help file, accessed in the plugin itself. | ||
Revision as of 05:22, 18 December 2012
Setup Information
Put everything about how the machine should be setup here, espectially the settings used in the control software.
LinuxCNC Config Files
Software Guides
At a minimum, everyone needs to have a grasp of how to use MACH3. The user manual can be downloaded at http://www.machsupport.com/documentation.php
There are two CAM programs we will be providing. HSMXpress is a SolidWorks plugin for doing g-code generation from within solidworks directly on a part. The express version only comes with the documentation that is in its help file, accessed in the plugin itself.
CamBam is the CAM program that can handle most everything, and the manual can be found at http://www.cambam.info/doc/
Safety guidelines
Comulative knowledge of how to avoid killing yourself on the machine goes here.
- NO hand-editing of g-code programs.
Tips and best practices
Practice manual milling on the blue mill. Certification on the blue mill will be a prerequisite for being certified on the CNC mill.